Zhan
BELENIUK
UKR
Age
33 y/o | Seniors
Style
Greco-Roman
Weight
87 kg
Age
33 y/o | Seniors
Style
Greco-Roman
Weight
87 kg
UWW Rank
Season 2024
6 W / 2 L
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Beleniuk has won the World Championships a year before the Olympics twice now. He won the gold medal at the 2015 Worlds and repeated the feat at the 2019 Worlds in Nursultan. He also has a silver medal at the 2018 worlds in Budapest and bronze from 2014. But more importantly, he won a silver medal at the Rio Games. In the final, he lost to Davit CHAKVETADZE (RUS). He is also a three-time European champion and also won a gold at the 2015 Euro Games. The Ukrainian will be seeded second at the Tokyo Games. Beleniuk was born in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union to Rwandanian-Ukrainian parents. He began wrestling at the age of nine years. His father died when he was 11 years old during the Rwandan civil war. He was a pilot. Beleniuk was elected into the Ukraine Parliament and he became the first black person to hold the post.
Country
France
Date
August 2024
Style
Greco-Roman
Age Group
Seniors
Weight Class
87 kg
WON by VPO1 (1-7) 1-3
WON by VPO1 (3-7) 1-3
LOST by VPO1 (3-3) 3-1
WON by VPO1 (1-3) 1-3
Country
Romania
Date
February 2024
Style
Greco-Roman
Age Group
Seniors
Weight Class
87 kg
WON by VPO1 (1-3) 1-3
LOST by VPO1 (3-1) 3-1
WON by VPO1 (1-1) 1-3
WON by VPO1 (2-1) 3-1
Country
Serbia
Date
September 2023
Style
Greco-Roman
Age Group
Seniors
Weight Class
87 kg
WON by VPO1 (5-1) 3-1
LOST by VPO1 (3-1) 3-1
WON by VPO1 (1-5) 1-3
WON by VPO1 (5-3) 3-1
WON by VPO1 (7-2) 3-1
Country
Japan
Date
August 2021
Style
Greco-Roman
Age Group
Seniors
Weight Class
87 kg
WON by VPO1 (1-3) 1-3
WON by VPO1 (1-1) 1-3
WON by VPO1 (1-7) 1-3
WON by VPO1 (1-5) 1-3
Country
Poland
Date
April 2021
Style
Greco-Roman
Age Group
Seniors
Weight Class
87 kg
WON by VPO1 (1-7) 1-3
LOST by VPO1 (1-1) 3-1
WON by VPO1 (1-7) 1-3
WON by VPO1 (1-1) 3-1
Country
Croatia
Date
January 2021
Style
Greco-Roman
Age Group
Seniors
Weight Class
87 kg
WON by VSU (8-0) 4-0
WON by VSU (9-0) 4-0
WON by VSU (0-9) 0-4
WON by VFA (0-4) 0-5
WON by VSU1 (1-9) 1-4
Country
Kazakhstan
Date
September 2019
Style
Greco-Roman
Age Group
Seniors
Weight Class
87 kg
WON by VPO1 (5-1) 3-1
WON by VPO1 (7-1) 3-1
WON by VPO1 (3-1) 3-1
WON by VPO1 (2-1) 3-1
WON by VPO1 (2-1) 3-1
Country
Belarus
Date
June 2019
Style
Greco-Roman
Age Group
Seniors
Weight Class
87 kg
WON by VPO1 (1-5) 1-3
WON by VPO1 (1-9) 1-3
WON by VPO1 (1-3) 1-3
WON by VPO1 (1-3) 1-3
Country
Romania
Date
April 2019
Style
Greco-Roman
Age Group
Seniors
Weight Class
87 kg
WON by VPO1 (6-1) 3-1
WON by VPO1 (1-3) 1-3
WON by VPO1 (5-1) 3-1
WON by VPO1 (5-1) 3-1
Country
Hungary
Date
October 2018
Style
Greco-Roman
Age Group
Seniors
Weight Class
87 kg
WON by VPO1 (4-2) 3-1
WON by VPO1 (1-4) 1-3
WON by VPO1 (2-4) 1-3
WON by VPO1 (1-5) 1-3
LOST by VPO1 (1-2) 1-3
Country
Belarus
Date
September 2018
Style
Greco-Roman
Age Group
Seniors
Weight Class
87 kg
LOST by VPO1 (4-4) 3-1
Country
Turkey
Date
July 2018
Style
Greco-Roman
Age Group
Seniors
Weight Class
87 kg
WON by VPO (5-0) 3-0
WON by VPO1 (4-3) 3-1
WON by VPO1 (2-3) 1-3
WON by VPO1 (3-1) 3-1
Country
Azerbaijan
Date
November 2016
Style
Greco-Roman
Age Group
Seniors
Weight Class
85 kg
WON by VPO1 (3-1) 3-1
WON by VPO1 (1-1) 1-3
LOST by VPO1 (3-1) 3-1
LOST by VPO1 (2-0) 3-1
Country
Brazil
Date
August 2016
Style
Greco-Roman
Age Group
Seniors
Weight Class
85 kg
WON by VSU (9-0) 4-0
WON by VSU1 (10-1) 4-1
WON by VPO (6-0) 3-0
LOST by VPO1 (2-9) 1-3
Country
Latvia
Date
March 2016
Style
Greco-Roman
Age Group
Seniors
Weight Class
85 kg
WON by VPO (5-0) 3-0
WON by VPO1 (6-1) 3-1
WON by VPO1 (1-2) 1-3
WON by VPO1 (5-2) 3-1
Country
Austria
Date
November 2015
Style
Greco-Roman
Age Group
Seniors
Weight Class
85 kg
WON by VPO1 (1-4) 1-3
WON by VIN (0-0) 5-0
WON by VPO1 (3-3) 1-3
LOST by VSU (0-9) 0-4
Country
United States
Date
September 2015
Style
Greco-Roman
Age Group
Seniors
Weight Class
85 kg
WON by VPO1 (3-1) 3-1
WON by VPO1 (1-2) 1-3
WON by VPO1 (1-3) 1-3
WON by VPO (0-6) 0-3
WON by VPO1 (2-6) 1-3
WON by VPO (3-0) 3-0
Country
Uzbekistan
Date
September 2014
Style
Greco-Roman
Age Group
Seniors
Weight Class
85 kg
WON by VPO (1-0) 3-0
WON by VPO1 (1-6) 1-3
WON by VSU1 (10-1) 4-1
LOST by VCA (4-0) 5-0
WON by VPO (0-3) 0-3